Anticancer compounds from mushrooms
The bioactive compounds of mushrooms include proteoglycan,
polysaccharides, β-glucan, lectin, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, saponins,
triterpenoids, dietary fibre, lovastatin, lentinan, schizophyllan, pleuran,
maitake D-fraction, steroids, glycopeptides, terpenes, xanthones, coumarins,
alkaloid, kinon, fenil propanoic, kalvasin, active hexose correlated compound,
eryngeolysin, ribonucleases and porisin.
These active compounds help in modulating immune system to
fight cancers by:
a) Augmenting the immune system through stimulating lymphocytes,
natural killer cells, macrophages and enhancing cytokine production.
b) Promoting apoptosis.
c) Inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells.
d) Blocking angiogenesis
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